Travel Blogs from Uruguay

Feliz de Ano or Happy New Year! I arrived in Uruguay a few days ago by taking the 1 hour hydrofoil across the Rio de la Plata from Buenos Aires to Colonia. Colonia, which is properly named as it is said to be the best example of a colonial town in this ...

After catching a 2 hour bus ride, we arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay´s capital city. As far as capitals go, I think this has got to be as chilled as they get. After checking in, we went for a wonder through the streets (nothing much ...

... advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience." I just spent three days in Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay. Colonia is a smallish, waterside, switchy-off-and-relaxy kinda place, and I liked it. The souvenir shops were tacky, but ...

DAY 1 - After crossing the Brazilian border into Chuy, the first Uruguayan town, the bus continued to Rocha where we were dropped off at a petrol station. Gem eventually, using her best Spanish, managed to get us a taxi to ...

... we could check our bags which meant not carrying our backpacks and the ferry was nice with good views were good. Once in Colonia del Uruguay, things just kept getting better! Once we found a bank machine and the right bus, we had a peaceful and scenic bus ...

... Again the bus stopped at passport control, and I, being the only gringo on the bus, got off to get my entrance stamp for Uruguay. The border crossing was painless, as was my transition to spanish (although every now and again I still spit out an ...

Back to the small cobbled streets of this small town on the river. Just a quick over night stay before heading onto Argentina. We arrived late morning I believe, just in time to go for an early lunch and get some Milanese in our bellies. I've eaten a ...

We had seen recommendations to take the ferry from Buenos Aires to Colonia Uruguay to see the old city.
Colonia is on the West coast of Uruguay, over the Rio de la Plata. It´s main attraction is it´s "Barrio Historico" which has preserved much of the ...

When we set off we hadn't imagined we would be visiting Uruguay, but there are many interesting things to see here. Colonia del Sacramento is just across the river Plata from Buenos Aires. Well, we say 'just across', but the Plata is more an estuary ...

... perfectly good to drive but we cursed the false economy of getting no air conditioning as we drove through the stifling interior of Uruguay with dusty hair-dryer air blowing through the windows. The road from Colonia was a good one but whenever it ...

... or two at a time? Almost all of them have been away from home for at least 8 or 9 months. On Monday we went to Colonia, Uruguay by boat. It took about 45 minutes to get there. Once we got off the boat, I realized that none of us had researched what to ...

I finally made it to the cowboy festival that I had really wanted to go to!! I loved it, horses everywhere! Was great to see so many gauchos in their traditional dress. Some of them carried big decorative knives behind them on their belts. In the coral ...

So we were getting picked up at 11 am by our new farming family. Expecting a cowboy on horse back, when Mattius a heavily rotund man in a beret and suit trousers turned up we were a little surprised. He also drove a truck, understandable in modern ...

Hola The next destination on our journey was Montevideo, Uruguay, which lies just a four hours ferry/bus ride across the bay from Buenos Aires. At first we had not planned to come here. However, during our check-in in Singapore we were forced (an airline ...

A Hotel to Forget. (Remembered with Advantages).
I"ve slept in some odd places, on stations, in parks, in posh hotels, poor hotels, in doorways and even in police cells; the night in Carmelo was different indeed.
Entering the hotel ...

... old, woodern town house with great character. We fell inot bed completely relieved that the transport fiasco was successfully resolved with no dramas at all. We have had a great start to Uruguay and look forward to exploring the city tomorrow. ...

They say the Spanish always put things off until "manyana" but here in Uruguay that is not the case. Here they do things when they feel like it, maybe now ,maybe later, may even be "manyana" or perhaps they won"t bother to do it at all. These people are ...

7th Feb
We went on the 9.45am ferry which left from Buenos Aries and we arrived in Colonia an hour later, Uruguay is an hour in front of Argentina so we lost an hour. It was a nice smooth crossing across the river.
When we arrived in Colonia we ...

We got to Colonia at midnight and headed straight to our hostel for some kip. The next day we had until four o'clock to wander the streets of Colonia before our ferrry to Buenos Aires, which was enough time. Colonia is a former Portuguese colony from the ...

... day. A really pleasant city and very friendly people but not a tourist destination. Overall we only had positive experiences in Uruguay (forget about that rainy day). The people are very welcoming and love their Maté (strong herbal tea that they carry ...

... came to our rescue; she is Italian, living in London, and working on a Ph. D. comparing human rights between Argentina and Uruguay - a 3-year project! She was in between interviews and a visit to a Museum of Memories. The owner sent over a small ...

... heroes of the Uruguayan Independence. Next stop was the Museo Torres Garcia - an art gallery displaying the work of one of Uruguay's most prominent artists Joaquin Torres Garcia (1874-1949). His work is cool - apparently he was the founder of Constructive ...

... roughly the same temperature as the back of my knees before catching the ferry over to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. While waiting we experienced, yet again, the curious phenomenon whereby hundreds of people transform from comfortably seated and ...

... decided that the best thing to do would be to get on a bus and see what happened.
2 days later, here we are in Uruguay. Apparently they won the first ever world cup. mmm. nice.
Still attempting to get to Brazil... my spanish sign language is coming ...

... , as it gave us a chance to chat with this amazing woman.
Seven languages spoken fluently, and successful businesses in Uruguay, Thailand, and Vietnam. Then she'd returned to her roots and the ranching life her family had lost by purchasing ...

... And this city (kinda shit hole actually) really just feels like another barrio of BA. So can I actually say Ive been to Uruguay? I suppose I can, but with the caveat that I really didnt "do" Uruguay. Oh well. Its a stamp!
So, ...

Cabo Polonio must be one of the best beach places around at the moment!
We had little hastle in getting here, bus 5 hours instead of 4 and then hopped onto a 4x4 thingy to take us to the beach village.
Cabo Polonio has no roads, no cars, no ...